PSC 126 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Impermanence, Telomere
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93-100: fear, stress, and anxiety: according to the archbishop, what are the functions of fear & anxiety, fear and anxiety are mechanisms that have helped us to survive b, how does the archbishop define courage? a. b. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act despite it : according to jinpa (the dalai lama"s interpreter) what is the major cause of stress, work, and anxiety in modern life? a. b. Stress and anxiety often come from too much expectation and too much ambition - pg. Then when we don"t fulfill that expectation or achieve that ambition, we experience frustration. Right from the beginning, it is a self - centered attitude. I want that> often we are not being realistic about our own ability or about objective reality unrealistic effort only brings disaster. So in many cases or stress is caused by our expectations and our ambition . pg.
